#B38EF1#B38EF1

#B38EF1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.144 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38EF1
RGB	rgb(179, 142, 241)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 41%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 33.89, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 56.14, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0722 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.144 300)
XYZ	xyz(44.1370, 35.2804, 87.6865)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38EF1 #CCF18E

analogous

#8E9BF1 #B38EF1 #E48EF1

triadic

#B38EF1 #F1B38E #8EF1B3

tetradic

#B38EF1 #F18E9B #CCF18E #8EF1E4

square

#B38EF1 #F18E9B #CCF18E #8EF1E4

split-complementary

#B38EF1 #F1E48E #9BF18E

monochromatic

#6A21E4 #8E58EA #B38EF1 #D8C4F8 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B38EF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B38EF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B38EF1

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38EF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38EF1	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74A0F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38ef1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 142, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.144 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaff6',
    500: '#b38ef1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38ef1;
$custom-light: #cbaff6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38ef1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.424,
    "s": 77.953,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38EF1

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#DA0B8D

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FE

border

#D2CED6

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38EF1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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